Dr. Douglas Marshall Brinkley Jr., MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 421
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 220
- Part D claims, 2024
- 703
- Publications
- 29
- Hospital affiliations
- 4
- Practice address
- 1211 Medical Center Drive, Nashville, TN 37232
- Practice phone
- Call (615) 322-3454
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
- Get mobile number
Primary practice
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Dr. Douglas Marshall Brinkley Jr. is a cardiologist in Nashville, Tennessee
Dr. Brinkley practices at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, part of Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
Dr. Brinkley's NPI, 1720284086, was assigned on June 25, 2007. Dr. Brinkley graduated from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in 2007. Dr. Brinkley holds Tennessee license 54523.
- NPI
- 1720284086NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 9335279918
- NPI enumeration date
- June 25, 2007
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (615) 322-3454
- Professional email
- Get email
- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 45
- Medical school graduation
- 2007
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Douglas Marshall Brinkley Jr. practices at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee
Dr. Brinkley's primary practice is Vanderbilt University Medical Center, at 1211 Medical Center Drive, Nashville, TN 37232 in Davidson County. The practice phone is (615) 322-3454.
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center1211 Medical Center Drive, Nashville, TN 37232 · Davidson CountyPhone(615) 322-3454
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Douglas Marshall Brinkley Jr. is affiliated with 5 sites of care and 1 medical group
Dr. Brinkley's primary practice is Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, part of Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Dr. Brinkley is also affiliated with Covenant Health Parkwest. The medical group on file is Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Dmand AI also links Dr. Brinkley to 2 more hospitals and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.
Sources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Douglas Marshall Brinkley Jr.'s practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Brinkley practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | Available with a free account |
| +4 more affiliated sites | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Douglas Marshall Brinkley Jr. is one of 424 cardiologists in Tennessee
Cardiovascular disease is Dr. Brinkley's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RC0000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Brinkley's licenses on file in 2 states: Tennessee and Massachusetts.
Specialties and state licenses
- Cardiovascular disease, TennesseePrimary
- Advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology, Massachusetts
Cardiologists near Dr. Brinkley
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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Douglas Marshall Brinkley Jr. billed Medicare for 421 services in 2024
CMS data shows 421 Medicare services from Dr. Brinkley across 9 procedure codes in 2024, for 220 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $34,483 for them.
Dr. Brinkley's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 3262024: 37314%
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 1,0342024: 4895%
Where Dr. Brinkley's Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office4010%
- In a facility38190%
Dr. Brinkley compared with the Tennessee median for cardiologists, 2024
- Dr. Brinkley
- Tennessee median
- Medicare services
- 421vs 1,79076% below
- Medicare patients
- 220vs 86675% below
- Part D claims
- 550vs 1,79869% below
Medians across 428 cardiologists in Tennessee with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Brinkley's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024
CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.
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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Douglas Marshall Brinkley Jr. treated 220 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 64
CMS counts 220 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Brinkley in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 96 patients. 75% of them have heart failure, and 75% have high blood pressure. 18% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 3.11, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Brinkley's median patient age at 65, with 36% women.
Dr. Brinkley's Medicare patients by age, 2024
CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.
Dr. Brinkley's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women7936%
- Men14164%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Brinkley's Medicare patients, 2024
- Heart failure75%
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Chronic kidney disease73%
- Ischemic heart disease59%
- Diabetes58%
- Atrial fibrillation50%
- Arthritis36%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Brinkley's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 65
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women36%
- Men64%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Douglas Marshall Brinkley Jr. wrote 703 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Brinkley wrote 703 Medicare Part D claims for 135 patients. 81% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 550 of them, across 25 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $236,653 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 408 claims across 17 drugs.
Dr. Brinkley's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic566 claims81%
- Brand-name and other137 claims19%
Dr. Brinkley's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024
CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.
Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Brinkley's Part D claims, 2024
- Antibiotics2%14 of 703 claims
Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.
Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Claims for drugs CMS names
- 2023: 4082024: 55035%
Drugs named by CMS: 25 in 2024, 17 in 2023.
Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Douglas Marshall Brinkley Jr. offers telehealth to Medicare patients
Dr. Brinkley accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Brinkley as offering telehealth.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
Source: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
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Dr. Douglas Marshall Brinkley Jr. has 29 publications on record
Dmand AI links 29 papers to Dr. Brinkley, published from 2010 to 2025. 2023 was the busiest year, with 6. The most frequent topics are Heart Transplantation, Heart Failure and Heart-Assist Devices. Dr. Brinkley has published most often in Circ Heart Fail. Dr. Brinkley's most frequent co-authors are Kelly Hulett Schlendorf, MD, MHS, Jonathan Nathan Menachem, MD and Mark Allen Wigger, MD.
Dr. Brinkley's papers by year, 2010 to 2025
Topics Dr. Brinkley writes about most
- Heart Transplantation
- Heart Failure
- Heart-Assist Devices
- Tissue Donors
- Antiviral Agents
- Hepatitis C
- Tissue and Organ Procurement
- Ventricular Dysfunction, Left
Dr. Brinkley's most frequent co-authors
- Kelly Hulett Schlendorf, MD, MHS12 shared papers
- Jonathan Nathan Menachem, MD10 shared papers
- Mark Allen Wigger, MD9 shared papers
Recent publications by Dr. Brinkley
Ann Thorac Surg
Int J Cardiol Congenit Heart Dis
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Douglas Marshall Brinkley Jr. received $5,707 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 54 general payments to Dr. Brinkley from 13 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Travel and lodging make up the largest share, 55% of the total. Amgen Inc. paid the most, $2,072.
General payments to Dr. Brinkley by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Brinkley by kind, 2016 to 2025
- Travel and lodging$3,15755%
- Food and beverage$2,54945%
Companies that paid Dr. Brinkley the most, 2016 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Douglas Marshall Brinkley Jr. graduated from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Dr. Brinkley graduated from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in 2007.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Dr. Douglas Marshall Brinkley Jr.'s profile data
| Data on this page | Source |
|---|---|
| NPI, name, sex, specialty and licenses | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Practice locations and phone | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | Dmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data |
| Medicare services and procedure codes | Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| State medians for the same specialty | Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks |
| Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panel | Dmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Part D prescribing | Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentiles | Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Publications, topics and co-authors | PubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Douglas Marshall Brinkley Jr.'s NPI number?
Dr. Douglas Marshall Brinkley Jr.'s NPI number is 1720284086. It was assigned on June 25, 2007, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Douglas Marshall Brinkley Jr.?
Dr. Douglas Marshall Brinkley Jr. is a cardiologist in Nashville, Tennessee. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Cardiovascular Disease Physician (taxonomy code 207RC0000X).
Where does Dr. Douglas Marshall Brinkley Jr. practice?
Dr. Brinkley practices at 1211 Medical Center Drive, Nashville, TN 37232. Dr. Brinkley's primary practice is Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, part of Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Dmand AI also links Dr. Brinkley to 2 hospitals and 1 group practice or clinic.
What is Dr. Douglas Marshall Brinkley Jr.'s office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Brinkley is (615) 322-3454.
What is Dr. Douglas Marshall Brinkley Jr.'s medical license number?
Dr. Brinkley holds Tennessee license 54523, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.
Which states has Dr. Douglas Marshall Brinkley Jr. been licensed in?
Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Brinkley in Tennessee and Massachusetts.
Which hospitals is Dr. Douglas Marshall Brinkley Jr. affiliated with?
Dr. Brinkley practices at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Dr. Brinkley is also affiliated with Covenant Health Parkwest. Dmand AI links Dr. Brinkley to 2 more hospitals.
What medical group is Dr. Douglas Marshall Brinkley Jr. part of?
Dr. Brinkley is linked to Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
Does Dr. Douglas Marshall Brinkley Jr. accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Brinkley billed Medicare for 421 services in 2024, and Dr. Brinkley accepts Medicare assignment.
Does Dr. Douglas Marshall Brinkley Jr. offer telehealth?
Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Brinkley as offering telehealth services.
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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Douglas Marshall Brinkley Jr. see?
CMS counts 220 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Brinkley in 2024, with an average age of 64.
What services does Dr. Douglas Marshall Brinkley Jr. bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Brinkley's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99215), hospital inpatient care (99232) and hospital inpatient care (99233).
Where did Dr. Douglas Marshall Brinkley Jr. go to medical school?
Dr. Brinkley graduated from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in 2007.
What drugs does Dr. Douglas Marshall Brinkley Jr. prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Brinkley's most prescribed drugs by claims were Spironolactone, Metoprolol Succinate and Entresto.
Has Dr. Douglas Marshall Brinkley Jr. received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $5,707 in general payments to Dr. Brinkley from 13 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Amgen Inc.
How long has Dr. Douglas Marshall Brinkley Jr. been practicing?
Dr. Brinkley graduated from medical school in 2007, 19 years ago.
Does Dr. Douglas Marshall Brinkley Jr. do research?
Dmand AI links 29 publications to Dr. Brinkley, published from 2010 to 2025.
Who does Dr. Douglas Marshall Brinkley Jr. publish with?
Dr. Brinkley's most frequent co-authors are Kelly Hulett Schlendorf, MD, MHS (12 shared papers), Jonathan Nathan Menachem, MD (10 shared papers) and Mark Allen Wigger, MD (9 shared papers).
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